Ryanair to base third aircraft at Shannon adding two new routes

Airline now operates significantly more routes from the airport than pre pandemic levels

Pictured at Shannon Airport were Shannon Group CEO, Mary Considine and Ryanair's Director of Commercial, Jason McGuinness with Ryanair's Adrian Kozickil and Arianna Niccoli. picture: Eamon Ward

Ryanair is to base a third aircraft at Shannon Airport as it announces two new routes to Newcastle and Béziers in the South of France.

It will bring to 24, the number of routes the airline operates from Shannon a significant increase on pre pandemic levels. Ryanair's winter schedule currently operates 60 flights per week at Shannon, 66 per cent more flights than it operated in winter 2019.